Levemir

Hi can anyone answer a couple of questions with this Levemir insulin I have just started using, do those of you who have split the levemir to twice daily still have to take quick acting insulin at every other meal, meaning 5 injections a day on it. Or can you mix Levemir with any other insulin

Your expert help would be much appreciated on this.

Hi Rupert
I have split Levemir 8am + 8pm and take my Quick Acting Insulin when i eat i.e Breakfas,Lunch + Dinner + Snacks
Marie

Hi Rupert,

As Marie says, your Levemir should be split at 12 hourly intervals ( although the actual time it is taken is chosen to fit in with your lifestyle and your diabetes ). Your Quick Acting insulin still needs to be taken with all major meals and most snacks.

Roger

You do have to take your quick acting insulin at every meal regardless of how many background injections you take, so there isn't a maximum amount of injections you should have or anything.........

The split of background dose allows you to cater for different [higher/lower] background needs in the am/pm portions of the day. The reality is that you true basal requirement will fluctuate all day by the hour, however this can only be catered for with a pump.....

I hope the Levemir does good things for you, it does for me..............

thanks for all your help guys, i'll see what i can do

I've just completed DAFNE and also take Levemir in split doses.
Although i concur with the previous post, i thought it worth saying that i was advised that i should be taking pm dose later in the evening than i was, so 10pm rather than 7.30pm.

This made my doses closer together than 12 hours, but i was told that as long as am and pm doses were more than 6 hours apart, that it would be better for me to inject BI at breakfast and bed.
Also, apparently Levemir doesn't run for 12 hours, only 18-20 hours, which is why it's better to split the dose.

Hope this small addition is of some help or interest!

I also take mine later in the evening so as to give me more insulin in the early hours to combat the dawn phenomenon......

however a 12 hour split is definitely a good place to start as if that split does work for you, you will be getting the best use out of it...........

everyone is different..........

Welcome to the forum Anni...........

hi novorapidboi26 thanks for your info, don't suppose you would like to exchange e mails would you i'd like to chat to someone else who has done dafne Rupert

Rupert said:
hi novorapidboi26 thanks for your info, don't suppose you would like to exchange e mails would you i'd like to chat to someone else who has done dafne Rupert

hi novorapiboi26 i await your response, not unless i'm doing something wrong and have missed your e mail to collect

Rupert :-)